Anyone has access to the The Sun’s latest ariticle? It talked about the current power struggle within the band.

4 hours ago, Rebel said:

Anyone has access to the The Sun’s latest ariticle? It talked about the current power struggle within the band.

It's a bit of a hit on Geri to be honest... they have been really hammering it in on her lately

https://archive.is/bNhSV

hmm whos been feeding them, though. like its coming somewhere internally.

Lots of Spice Girls coming up on BBC over the next couple of weeks:

Girl Groups, this Saturday on BBC2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d7k4q

Spice Girls at BBC, Saturday Nov 8th on BBC2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010cwf

Girlbands Forever, from 1st Nov - 8th November: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hytc

Keep reading about scathing comments Melanie Blatt has apparently said in Girlbands Forever, what did she actually say?

I haven't yet watched it.

the first episode certainly bashed the girls alot instead of celebrating them!!

I watched the first episode and yeah Mel Blatt and the girl from Eternal weren't particularly nice about them but they sounded more bitter than anything because, as they said, they had been working for years and the suddenly the Spice Girls came out of nowhere to astonishing success...

Mel Blatt comes across a bit stupid when she pretends not to know that Wannabe is called Wannabe lol that was so obviously a lie, even the way she was corrected was too obvious. And yes, the documentary does focus on the fact that the Spice Girls were very marketing-PR driven, and it seems to put a focus on how All Saints, Sugababes and Eternal were cool.

To be honest with you all, I don't necessarily think that is a completely wrong framing of the history of the Spice Girls. Yes, tehy could ahve been more complimentary towards the music and the fact that they did open doors for many of the girlbands that came in (and specially how All Saints all of a sudden had a chance of success).

But it made me think of how that impact in the industry might have pissed off a few of the other girlbands who had been at it for years and all of a sudden were being eclipsed by a pop group in such a rappid and overshaddowing way... I can understand that, specially from Eternal's perspective.

When it comes to Mel Blatt, I think she came across as stupid because really the 'big break' she had wanted and what she then went on to achieve from 1998 onwards was very much a consequence of the Spice Girls opening those doors.

The documentary overall is bad... They barely talk about the music and achievements, just the drama. Girls Aloud are completely omitted from it, not even a single picture is shown lol... the main 'achivement' that is celebrated is Little Mix winning Best Group at The Brit Awards...

Girlbands like The Spice Girls, All Saints, Sugababes, Girls Aloud... they changed the culture, not just topped the charts and bickered. The music was as transformative as their success. All of them did something musically that moved pop and r'n'b music forward, and that is not even ONCE acknowledged in these documentaries...

It's pretty pointless, all of it...

On 25/10/2025 at 12:23, Mr.X said:

In their last newsletter they announced that we weren't getting any 'demos or unreleased songs for Forever25 and we will simply get this shitty vinyl but don't worry because Christmas is around the corner'

Well... Girls Aloud have been flopping with their anniversary releases BUT they just announced a special stand alone Christmas release of their Christmas edition of their Chemestry album on CD and Vinyl with unreleased mixes and unseen pictures...

Let's see what our girls have 'around the corner for Christmas' for us as they promised 🤭

I wouldn't call it flopping, they are doing exactly what is needed from a re-release on vinyl.

But yeah, Girls Aloud give us fans way more than Spice Girls for sure, but then they did in their career too as they actually stuck together for 7 years without a break.

Yeah I'm not even watching it tbh, I thought the boyband one was a load of shit anyway.

With David Beckham having now received a knighthood, Victoria Beckham will now be officially known as Lady Beckham.

As an anti-monarchy, I think that is a really disgusting turn of events, actually...

I hate how much they lick the monarchy's ass...

I think it's hilarious "Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady" 😂

Notice how the previous line in Wannabe goes:

"You got G like MC who likes it on a"

On a what?

Yeah I need them to tell us more about Wannabe's lyrics!

Hoping for a bit of help,please.

I’ve tried making a playlist of all the Spice Girls songs, well singles, album tracks and b-sides. I want to make sure I’ve got them all as I’m thinking of doing a listen through and then ranking them and then posting it here. I thought it might be a bit of fun.

I’ve got 45 songs in total across the 3 albums, b-sides and 2 songs from the greatest hits. Does that sound right?

30 minutes ago, Paddington James said:

Hoping for a bit of help,please.

I’ve tried making a playlist of all the Spice Girls songs, well singles, album tracks and b-sides. I want to make sure I’ve got them all as I’m thinking of doing a listen through and then ranking them and then posting it here. I thought it might be a bit of fun.

I’ve got 45 songs in total across the 3 albums, b-sides and 2 songs from the greatest hits. Does that sound right?

I'll have a look this evening and give you a definitive list. ☺️

Looking forwards to your rating.

1 minute ago, Spiceboy said:

I'll have a look this evening and give you a definitive list. ☺️

Looking forwards to your rating.

Thanks @Spiceboy. I think I’ve heard each album once. The first two when they were released as my sister had them both. I’m very familiar with the singles but Forever, most b-sides and album tracks will all be be new to me.

Hoping to start it after Christmas as I want some time going through their music, rather than rank it on one listen through. :)

2 hours ago, Paddington James said:

Hoping for a bit of help,please.

I’ve tried making a playlist of all the Spice Girls songs, well singles, album tracks and b-sides. I want to make sure I’ve got them all as I’m thinking of doing a listen through and then ranking them and then posting it here. I thought it might be a bit of fun.

I’ve got 45 songs in total across the 3 albums, b-sides and 2 songs from the greatest hits. Does that sound right?

Here is the definite list of all songs, separated by album, bsides and the GH songs too 🙂

3 minutes ago, Mr.X said:

Here is the definite list of all songs, separated by album, bsides and the GH songs too 🙂

Thanks, I'll need to see if I can work out if I'm missing anything from the list of avalible songs. :)

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